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legislators Support Med Bonds
By HARRY TAYLOR
Journal Staff Writer
GENERAL SUPPORT of a
$10 million bond issue proposal
for the LSU-Shreveport Medical
School was voiced here this
morning by nine legislators
from Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto
and Webster parishes at a pre-legislative
conference spon-sored
by the Shreveport Cham-ber
of Commerce.
The legislators, some of
whom joked about being can-didates
for other offices this
year, also voiced general ap-proval
— with certain reserva-tions—
of the Louisiana State
Chamber of Commerce legis-lative
program presented at the
Coffee Club conference.
Also a number of bills to be
proposed by the Northwest Lou-isiana
delegation to the Legis-lature
were listed, liberally
laced with jokes and good-natured
kidding between the
legislators.
THE LEGISLATIVE delega-tion
at the conference, at
which Arkansas Louisiana Gas
Co. was the host for coffee and
doughnuts, included Sen. Har-old
Montgomery of Doyline,
Bossier-Webster senator; Sen.
B. H. (Johnny Rogers) of
Grand Cane, Caddo-DeSoto sen-ator;
Rep. Parey B r a n t o n,
Shongaloo, Webster P a r i s h
House member; Rep. Ford
Stinson, Benton, Bossier Par-ish
House member; Rep. Algie
D. Brown, Rep. Frank Fulco,
and Rep. J. Bennett Johnston
Jr., all of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish Democrat House mem-bers;
and Rep. Morley A. Hud-son
and Rep. T a y l o r W.
O'Hearn, both of Shreveport,
Caddo Parish Republican House
members.
Joe C. LeSage Jr., vice pres-ident
of the Chamber Public
Affairs and Research Division,
presided over the confernece.
Archie Singletary of AMF
Beaird, Inc., first vice president
of the Louisiana State Cham-ber
of Commerce, reviewed
past State chamber programs,
and P. J. Mills of Pioneer Bank
& Trust Co., district vice pres-ident
of the State Chamber,
outlined the 1966 State Chamber
legislative program.
DR. CHARLES BLACK of
Shreveport, vice chairman of
the LSU-Shreveport Medical
School p r o j e c t committee,
talked briefly on the pressing
need for establishment of the
medical school here as soon
a spossible to avoid losing fur-ther
time in training of medical
personnel.
Pointing out that the provi-sion
of needed medical school
facilities in Louisiana is "al-most
nine years behind times
now," Dr. Black told the leg-islators
the medical school is
"the best health insurance you
can give to Louisiana."
Sen. Montgomery, saying he
concurred with most of the
State Chamber legislative pro-posals,
contended there is "no
such thing as an independent
legislature" in Louisiana ex-cept
in cases where a two-thirds
vote is required for pass-age
o fa bill.
"THE WAY Louisiana gov-mined
is by the man we elect
mined is b ythe man we elect
governor of this state," Sen.
Montgomery said. "With a
bad governor, we'll fall."
Sen. Rogers seconded Sen.
Montgomery's views, adding,
"The government of Louisiana
cannot be any better than the
governor of Louisiana."
Sen. Rogers said that while
Gov. John J. McKeithen has
"made some mistakes," his leg-islation
has been good legisla-tion.
He, however, pointed out
that citizens groups need to
Veep going to Baton Rouge "to
help us."
"When numbers come down to
committee hearings, that com-mittee
is impressed," Sen.
Rogers said. "We're going to
have a lot of help to get some
of these bills passed."
REP. STINSON said he would
"like to impress on this group
that it is just as important to be
against bad legislation as it is
to sponsor good legislation. We
need your help on that, too."
Pointing to the dangers of
federal intervention into state
affairs, and particularly citing
tax equalization, Rep. Stinton
said he plans to introduce a bill
to allow calling special sessions
for calling special elections to
safeguard the people against
federal intervention.
Rep. Branton, who joked with
other members of the delegation
and with one or two persons in
the audience about their candi-dacy
for the Louisiana Public
Service Commission, said he
planned to go to Baton Rouge
"to see the LSU medical school
put in Shreveport" adding, "We
should get LSU-Shreveport on
the road as soon as possible."
REP. BROWN came out In
definite opposition to proposed
60-day sessions of the Legisla-ture
each year, pointing out
that 60-day sessions "every year
would mean just that many
more bad bills we'd have to
kill."
Rep. Brown said he planned
to introduce legislation to get
another deputy registrar in
Caddo Parish for the registrar
of voters' office to head off fed-eral
intervention, and he said
he would be co-author of a bill
establishing a new criminal
code for Louisiana.
Rep. Hudson proposed a com-pletely
new act to replace the
Louisiana workmen's compen-sation
act, which the State
Chamber proposes to amend
and update.
HE ALSO proposed a new
act to upgrade the quality of
education—another State Cham-ber
proposal for amendment-requiring
that teachers demon-strate
they have the basic
qualifications for teaching.
Rep. Hudson said he would
introduce a bill to eliminate
architectural barriers to the
handicapped in public build-ings,
a bill to allow in-state
college students to vote absen-tee,
a bill to limit the issuance
of a driver's licenses to per-sons
under 16 years of age
unless they have passed a
driver education course, and
said he favored legislative re-view
and budgetary control
over all state agencies.
Rep. Fulco's list of bills to
be introduced included exten-sion
of homestead exemption
to veterans of Viet Nam and
the "Cold War", licensing of
out-of-state peddlers to elimi-nate
their advantage over local
peddlers, elimination of the
"double" sales tax on auto-mobiles
paid by out-of-state
residents moving here and re-licensing
their cars, and he
said he would work on location
of a mentally retarded school
for this area.
REP. O'HEARN proposed
elimination of one primary
election with elections limited
to one primary and to one
general election, strengthening
of the Code of Ethics to elimi-nate
board suspension of the
provisons of the law, permit-ting
the taxation of small busi-nesses
as corporations rather
than as individuals as now is
done under Louisiana's reve-nue
code, making it impossible
for tolls to be removed from
toll roads before bonds are re-tired,
and he said he would
propose that the governor re-instate
the tolls on the Mis-sissippi
River bridge on which
$50 million in bonds still are
outstanding at New Orleans.

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legislators Support Med Bonds
By HARRY TAYLOR
Journal Staff Writer
GENERAL SUPPORT of a
$10 million bond issue proposal
for the LSU-Shreveport Medical
School was voiced here this
morning by nine legislators
from Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto
and Webster parishes at a pre-legislative
conference spon-sored
by the Shreveport Cham-ber
of Commerce.
The legislators, some of
whom joked about being can-didates
for other offices this
year, also voiced general ap-proval
— with certain reserva-tions—
of the Louisiana State
Chamber of Commerce legis-lative
program presented at the
Coffee Club conference.
Also a number of bills to be
proposed by the Northwest Lou-isiana
delegation to the Legis-lature
were listed, liberally
laced with jokes and good-natured
kidding between the
legislators.
THE LEGISLATIVE delega-tion
at the conference, at
which Arkansas Louisiana Gas
Co. was the host for coffee and
doughnuts, included Sen. Har-old
Montgomery of Doyline,
Bossier-Webster senator; Sen.
B. H. (Johnny Rogers) of
Grand Cane, Caddo-DeSoto sen-ator;
Rep. Parey B r a n t o n,
Shongaloo, Webster P a r i s h
House member; Rep. Ford
Stinson, Benton, Bossier Par-ish
House member; Rep. Algie
D. Brown, Rep. Frank Fulco,
and Rep. J. Bennett Johnston
Jr., all of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish Democrat House mem-bers;
and Rep. Morley A. Hud-son
and Rep. T a y l o r W.
O'Hearn, both of Shreveport,
Caddo Parish Republican House
members.
Joe C. LeSage Jr., vice pres-ident
of the Chamber Public
Affairs and Research Division,
presided over the confernece.
Archie Singletary of AMF
Beaird, Inc., first vice president
of the Louisiana State Cham-ber
of Commerce, reviewed
past State chamber programs,
and P. J. Mills of Pioneer Bank
& Trust Co., district vice pres-ident
of the State Chamber,
outlined the 1966 State Chamber
legislative program.
DR. CHARLES BLACK of
Shreveport, vice chairman of
the LSU-Shreveport Medical
School p r o j e c t committee,
talked briefly on the pressing
need for establishment of the
medical school here as soon
a spossible to avoid losing fur-ther
time in training of medical
personnel.
Pointing out that the provi-sion
of needed medical school
facilities in Louisiana is "al-most
nine years behind times
now," Dr. Black told the leg-islators
the medical school is
"the best health insurance you
can give to Louisiana."
Sen. Montgomery, saying he
concurred with most of the
State Chamber legislative pro-posals,
contended there is "no
such thing as an independent
legislature" in Louisiana ex-cept
in cases where a two-thirds
vote is required for pass-age
o fa bill.
"THE WAY Louisiana gov-mined
is by the man we elect
mined is b ythe man we elect
governor of this state," Sen.
Montgomery said. "With a
bad governor, we'll fall."
Sen. Rogers seconded Sen.
Montgomery's views, adding,
"The government of Louisiana
cannot be any better than the
governor of Louisiana."
Sen. Rogers said that while
Gov. John J. McKeithen has
"made some mistakes," his leg-islation
has been good legisla-tion.
He, however, pointed out
that citizens groups need to
Veep going to Baton Rouge "to
help us."
"When numbers come down to
committee hearings, that com-mittee
is impressed," Sen.
Rogers said. "We're going to
have a lot of help to get some
of these bills passed."
REP. STINSON said he would
"like to impress on this group
that it is just as important to be
against bad legislation as it is
to sponsor good legislation. We
need your help on that, too."
Pointing to the dangers of
federal intervention into state
affairs, and particularly citing
tax equalization, Rep. Stinton
said he plans to introduce a bill
to allow calling special sessions
for calling special elections to
safeguard the people against
federal intervention.
Rep. Branton, who joked with
other members of the delegation
and with one or two persons in
the audience about their candi-dacy
for the Louisiana Public
Service Commission, said he
planned to go to Baton Rouge
"to see the LSU medical school
put in Shreveport" adding, "We
should get LSU-Shreveport on
the road as soon as possible."
REP. BROWN came out In
definite opposition to proposed
60-day sessions of the Legisla-ture
each year, pointing out
that 60-day sessions "every year
would mean just that many
more bad bills we'd have to
kill."
Rep. Brown said he planned
to introduce legislation to get
another deputy registrar in
Caddo Parish for the registrar
of voters' office to head off fed-eral
intervention, and he said
he would be co-author of a bill
establishing a new criminal
code for Louisiana.
Rep. Hudson proposed a com-pletely
new act to replace the
Louisiana workmen's compen-sation
act, which the State
Chamber proposes to amend
and update.
HE ALSO proposed a new
act to upgrade the quality of
education—another State Cham-ber
proposal for amendment-requiring
that teachers demon-strate
they have the basic
qualifications for teaching.
Rep. Hudson said he would
introduce a bill to eliminate
architectural barriers to the
handicapped in public build-ings,
a bill to allow in-state
college students to vote absen-tee,
a bill to limit the issuance
of a driver's licenses to per-sons
under 16 years of age
unless they have passed a
driver education course, and
said he favored legislative re-view
and budgetary control
over all state agencies.
Rep. Fulco's list of bills to
be introduced included exten-sion
of homestead exemption
to veterans of Viet Nam and
the "Cold War", licensing of
out-of-state peddlers to elimi-nate
their advantage over local
peddlers, elimination of the
"double" sales tax on auto-mobiles
paid by out-of-state
residents moving here and re-licensing
their cars, and he
said he would work on location
of a mentally retarded school
for this area.
REP. O'HEARN proposed
elimination of one primary
election with elections limited
to one primary and to one
general election, strengthening
of the Code of Ethics to elimi-nate
board suspension of the
provisons of the law, permit-ting
the taxation of small busi-nesses
as corporations rather
than as individuals as now is
done under Louisiana's reve-nue
code, making it impossible
for tolls to be removed from
toll roads before bonds are re-tired,
and he said he would
propose that the governor re-instate
the tolls on the Mis-sissippi
River bridge on which
$50 million in bonds still are
outstanding at New Orleans.